Around twelve o'clock, the wedding ceremony concluded, and it was time to start eating.

After the ceremony, Lin Jie, along with the sisters of the An Family, left Guohua Hall and went to a smaller banquet hall across the way, where they joined some of Chen Fanzhi's maternal and paternal relatives.

Originally, Chen Shi wanted to seat Lin Jie in the main wedding hall, Guohua Hall, with the older generation, but Lin Jie refused.

This was a wedding feast, and Guohua Hall was mainly for guests from the bride's side, the groom's elders, and distinguished, high-status visitors.

Lin Jie was considered a junior.

If he insisted on being with them, the seating wouldn't be easy to arrange, and he wouldn't be comfortable eating there, so he thought it better to sit with his peers and enjoy a nice meal.

"Kexin, you interacted with Cheng Zhe last time. How do you find him?"

Lin Jie spoke to An Kexin as they walked into the small banquet hall.

An Kexin shook her head and said, "We only had a brief chat last time. After I learned about his goals, I didn't continue. I know very little about him. Jie, are you planning to hire him part-time?"

Lin Jie said slowly, "Personally, I'm quite against hiring external experts. To put it plainly, these people are primarily driven by profit. Their dedication to patients is debatable."

Thinking about how he himself was also considered an external expert, he justified, "Doctors like me, who are responsible and always put patients first, regardless of the situation, are rare and hard to come by."

An Kexin couldn't help but laugh, "Indeed, our Jie is the most responsible doctor. If you're not keen on hiring him, why didn't you just reject him right away?"

"After all, he's Dean Cheng's son. Turning him down immediately would have been quite disrespectful!"

Lin Jie thought of another reason and said, "And what he mentioned about the twenty percent shares might be an investment opportunity? Kexin, are you interested?"

The three of them found their seats and sat down together.

"Without Dean Cheng's strong support, just relying on Cheng Zhe, who doesn't have much reputation, to run a specialty hospital carries some risk. It's better to pass on this opportunity."

Seeing that most people at the table were seated, An Kexin smiled and said, "Jie, let me introduce you to everyone. We're all relatives here..."

Through introductions, Lin Jie got to know two older brothers, three younger brothers, and two little sisters.

They had all heard of Lin Jie and treated him with some reverence, evidently seeing him as a senior and a significant figure.

At this point, a waiter began serving dishes at each table, pushing a few carts...

"Lin Jie... Brother!"

Yang Feili, from Chen Fanzhi's aunt's family, a second-year high school student, caught Lin Jie's attention with his first call and mustered some courage to say, "Brother Lin Jie, isn't studying medicine really difficult? I heard it takes at least five or six years of study and a few more years in the hospital before you can really become a doctor."

"During that time, there's a lot of hardship, and during internships, you'll experience frustration and grievances."

Lin Jie chuckled and said, "That's about right. Becoming a doctor isn't an easy path!"

Seeing his somewhat troubled expression, Lin Jie guessed and asked, "You don't have much interest in studying medicine, but your parents want you to?"

Yang Feili nodded quickly and said, "Yes, yes. When I see needles or blood, my heart twists painfully, that kind of discomfort."

Lin Jie immediately understood that this was a mild case of needle or blood phobia, or it could be a psychological suggestion due to rebelliousness or fear.

Yang Feili continued, "But my parents insist that I study medicine. They say that after I graduate, with uncle's help, I can definitely get into a good hospital and find success easily."

Lin Jie softly acknowledged and laughed, "I know for a fact that many students in Medical College indeed applied there due to their parents' influence."

"If you really don't want to study medicine, I suggest you have a good talk with your parents."

Lin Jie also suggested, "But before you talk, you need to figure out if it's the difficulty of medicine you're afraid of; whether you have another area you prefer; or if it's just that seeing needles and blood makes you uncomfortable."

An Kexin chimed in, "Yang Feili, parents ultimately want what's best for you. If you truly don't want to study medicine, they won't force you to death."

"It's best to talk this out early, so you don't keep it inside, feeling suffocated, and let it affect your studies."

Yang Feili had a helpless look and said, "Sister An, I've already said it a few times. They just won't listen, I really have no way."

"It's because you're not determined enough."

An Kemeng interjected with frustration, "You need the resolve to go all out, either completely convincing your parents or being completely convinced yourself."

"A straightforward, all-out discussion is far better than the frustration you feel now."

Yang Feili grimaced and muttered, "If it were as simple as you said, I wouldn't have to suffer physically."

An Kemeng looked disdainful and silently mouthed the words "coward"...

The hotel's service was efficient, and soon, the food and drinks were all ready.

As Lin Jie became more familiar, the atmosphere at the table grew livelier, with people occasionally asking him all sorts of random questions.

For instance, sometimes shivering involuntarily after urination – is that a sign of kidney deficiency?

Lin Jie explained, "That's called post-micturition convulsion; it's not kidney deficiency. It's a normal physiological reaction that often happens when it's cold. There are various physiological explanations, but I'll share just one."

"Water has a large specific heat capacity and acts as an insulator. When the body suddenly expels a large amount of urine, it suddenly loses a lot of heat."

"So when the brain receives a 'cold' signal, the body immediately uses shivering to replenish the lost heat. Therefore, the phenomenon of shivering due to urination is more common when it's cold."

Someone else asked why, sometimes when falling asleep, the body suddenly jerks and startles oneself.

Lin Jie started explaining to them the science behind it. There are a few reasons why the body twitches during sleep, which are either pathological or physiological.

Pathological reasons mainly include nocturnal convulsions caused by a calcium deficiency; reflexes caused by neurasthenia; toxic reactions caused by intestinal parasites; twitching caused by limb hypoxia due to circulatory system disorders.

Physiological reasons include autonomic nervous reflexes during sleep; body reflexes triggered by deep sleep dreams, which are controlled by the body's self-protection awareness.

He continued with a smile: "The most common sleep jerk we experience is likely the autonomic nervous reflex during sleep. As we fall asleep, when the muscles completely relax, the brain, based on this stress response pattern, mistakenly thinks we are in a free fall."

"Out of the need to protect oneself, the brain commands all the body's muscles to move immediately, attempting to grab something during the fall. So, the already relaxed muscles suddenly tighten, causing the body to twitch."

An Kemeng suddenly realized and happily said, "Oh, I often have the illusion of falling off the bed, and then I wake up startled. Brother Jie, you know so much."

In response to her little flattery, Lin Jie kindly gave her some mustard-covered greens, which made her roll her eyes...

Time ticked by, and many people were already full and entered into a chattering mode.

Some guests even started leaving.

An Kexin checked the time and said, "By right, it's now time for the bride and groom to toast. Why haven't they come over yet?"

"Maybe there are too many guests, and they are toasting elsewhere!" Lin Jie replied carelessly.

"I'll go see where they are!"

An Kemeng jumped up and ran out.

A few minutes later, An Kemeng ran back with a worried look, came close to Lin Jie and An Kexin, and whispered, "Sis, Brother Jie, something happened, Aunt had a heart issue."

This thing happened?!

Immediately, An Kexin and Lin Jie left the small banquet hall and, instead of going to Guohua Hall, followed An Kemeng to the hotel-arranged bridal suite via the elevator.

In the bridal suite, An Weize, Chen Shi, Chen Fanzhi, Meng Xiuyan, and Meng Xiuyan's parents were all there, without any sign of joy.

What surprised Lin Jie was that there were also two police officers in the room, softly questioning Chen Fanzhi.

An Kexin urgently asked, "Uncle, Dad, what happened? Where's Aunt?"

Chen Shi replied softly, "Your aunt is okay; she just couldn't take the shock, felt anxious and had a rapid heartbeat. To prevent any accidents, I've asked Yuehua to take her to the nearby hospital."

An Kexin felt relieved, but then her eyes swept to the police, and her heart tightened again. She asked, "Uncle, why are the police here..."

Chen Shi sighed deeply, waved his hand weakly, and said, "Lin Jie, Kexin, Kemeng, sit down for now. Something major has happened. How should I put it? We've been targeted by a crime gang."

"All the gift money we received this time was swindled by this gang!"

Ah...the gift money was swindled?

Lin Jie, An Kexin, and An Kemeng, who suddenly heard this news, were all in disbelief.

Chen Shi pounded his thigh in frustration and said, "When you signed in and gave the gift money, didn't you notice two girls behind a desk behind the registration table, dressed in bank uniforms?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Jie recalled and vaguely did have this impression.

Through Chen Shi's continued explanation, Lin Jie finally understood what had happened.

A couple of days ago, the bank manager responsible for managing the Chen Family's finances called, saying that this wedding would definitely receive a substantial amount of cash and that, to ensure safety, the bank could provide a free service to collect the cash on-site.

The Chen Family is also a major client of the bank and is familiar with this bank manager. Considering the significant amount of gift money they would receive this time, they had no suspicion and agreed to the bank providing this service.

Chen Shi angrily said, "Over half an hour ago, this bank manager finally arrived, saying he was late due to traffic. As he handed over the red envelopes, he inquired about the storage of the gift money."

"As soon as he said this, we felt something was wrong. Upon inquiring, we realized we had been duped."

"Five million yuan in gift money, gone!"

"Your aunt was so upset that her heart started racing."

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